2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA Complaints

I WAS TOLD THE VEHICLE CONTROL AND STABILITY SYSTEM WAS OFF. AND IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL. VSC AND TRAC OFF LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. ALSO SECONDARILY VALVE STUCK CLOSED. P1445 & P1442 CODES. ALSO ANOTHER KNOWN ISSUE FOR THIS VEHICLE YEAR MAKE AND MODEL. TOYOTA IS AWARE BUT WON'T FIX AFTER CERTAIN MILES. *TR

AFTER CRANKING THE CAR AND DRIVING FOR A FEW MINUTES, THE FOLLOWING LIGHTS ON THE DASHBOARD APPEARED: VSC OFF / VSC TRAC / CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I ENTERED THE ON RAMP TO THE INTERSTATE AND COULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 40 MPH. HAD TO PULL OVER AND LET THE CAR "RESET". ATTEMPTED TO RE-ENTER THE INTERSTATE AND THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC BUT CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE BEYOND 40 MPH AND I HAD MY 3 SMALL CHILDREN IN THE VEHICLE. VERY TERRIFYING EXPERIENCE. DROVE TO A DEALERSHIP THAT ADVISED ME A SECONDARY HOSE HAD TO BE REPLACED ON THE ENGINE. LATER DETERMINED THAT TOYOTA RELEASED A TECHNICAL BULLETIN AND ARE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE BUT WILL NOT ISSUE A RECALL. IT IS AN EXTREMELY COSTLY PART TO FIX. PARTS ALONE ARE $3200. *TR

DRIVING VEHICLE AND ABS ACTIVATES AND STALLS VEHICLE NOT ALLOWING FOR ACCELERATION PULSATING THE BRAKES AND LEAVING ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FOR ABOUT 30/45 SECONDS. IT HAS HAPPEN TWICE ALREADY SAME THING BOTH TIMES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND MADE A GRINDING SOUND. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER. THE DEALER PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC AND DISCOVERED A DEFECTIVE AIR INJECTION SYSTEM. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE AIR INJECTION SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT DID NOT HAVE THE AIR INJECTION SYSTEM REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 116,000.

VEHICLE VSC TRAC LIGHTS, BRAKE LIGHTS AND WSC DASH BOARD INDICATORS COMES ON WHILE DRIVING. THIS PROBLEM IS CONSTANT AND MORE PERSISTENT EACH TIME THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN. *LN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 TOYOTA SEQUOIA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL VIBRATED AS THE BRAKES SEIZED. THE VEHICLE SLID WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE TRACTION CONTROL AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE IT WAS STATED THAT THE ABS SYSTEM FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

MY SEQUOIA WILL ALL OF A SUDDEN STOP ACCELERATING WHILE DRIVING. TRAC LIGHT AND VSC LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I HAD TO TURN THE IGNITION OFF AND BACK ON TO GET IT MOVING AGAIN...I TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO THE TOYOTA DEALERSHIP. THEY DID SEVERAL TESTS. ALL BUT ONE TEST DETERMINED IT WAS THE ENGINE CONTROL UNIT (OF WHICH IS COVERED UNDER A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT). BECAUSE OF THAT ONE TEST, THEY WILL NOT FIX IT. THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME I HAD TO KEEP DRIVING IT UNTIL IT BREAKS DOWN ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THEY WOULD TOW IT BACK THERE. PROBLEM IS...I MIGHT BE DEAD IN THE TRUCK DEPENDING ON WHERE AND WHEN IT HAPPENS AGAIN. I AM TERRIFIED TO DRIVE IT! MY SEQUOIA HAS BEEN A LEMON! I HAVE PREVIOUSLY HAD TO REPLACE 1)THROTTLE BODY 2)THROTTLE PEDAL POSITION SWITCH 3)BRAKE BOOSTER 4)MASTER CYLINDER AND 5)SKID CONTROL ECU. AT 120,000 MILES AND ALL OF THOSE PROBLEMS ALREADY? AND NOW THIS ISSUE?....IT MUST BE A LEMON! *JS

WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WITH A SHUDDER AND THE VSC, TRAC OFF AND BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON AND STAY ON. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES RECENTLY. ALSO THE BRAKE LIGHT WILL COME ON AT RANDOM TIMES. EVERYTHING RESETS WHEN THE IGNITION IS TURNED OFF. WHEN THE VEHICLE SHUDDERS IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE SLOWING DOWN. I HAVE CHECKED THE TOYOTA WEB SITE AND THEY DO NOT SHOW ANY RECALLS. ALSO I HAVE CHECKED ON-LINE AND THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT SEEM TO BE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE PROBLEM AND I FEEL THAT TOYOTA NEEDS TO FIX THIS WITH A RECALL. THEY ARE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE FIX. *TR

WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT DOWN THE STREET, I HEARD A GRINDING SOUND AND ALL OF THE VSC TRAC WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON. AFTER STOPPING AND RESTARTING THE CAR, THE CAR BEHAVED NORMAL AGAIN. THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE. I'M PRESUMING THAT THE GRINDING NOISE MIGHT BE THE BRAKES PULSATING. IT IS NOT SAFE FOR THE BRAKES TO AUTOMATICALLY APPLY THEMSELVES DURING SAFE DRIVING CONDITIONS. *TR

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW IN 2005. OVERTIME THE VEHICLE FRAME IS SHOWING PROGRESSIVELY WORSENING RUST. I FEAR THIS WILL EVENTUALLY RENDER THE VEHICLE UNDRIVEABLE. *TR